The writer in question has no military experience on his LinkedIn, but he does have a stint as a Liberal campaign communications director. And Globe And Mail is making it free to read outside their paywall so as to spread the message to as many people as possible. That tells me everything I need to know.

Total war would be much scarier than Ukraine. Ukraine, as scary as it is, is constrained war. It's a testing ground for new weapons. But that is happening at a comfortable click for R&D. In total war, where the whole of every economy is dedicated to it, things would be even worse.